“Forget about 11. This concert goes to 70.” –WASHINGTON POST
On SUN 1/7 — first weekend of 2018 — DC’s legendary 9:30 Club presents “BOAT BURNING: MUSIC FOR 100 GUITARS,” a benefit concert for Bread for the City, with special guests Trinary System (featuring Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller).
With visuals by DC multimedia artist and guerilla projectionist Robin Bell.
A unique and truly *massive* event, “MUSIC FOR 100 GUITARS” features a once-in-a-lifetime array of musicians from all across the District’s vibrant music scene, with members of BOAT BURNING * TONE * THE TEEN IDLES * DC IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE * BRNDA * TIME IS FIRE * THE CARIBBEAN * THE MAKE-UP * TINY DESK * PLUMS * GWAR * DROP ELECTRIC * CIRCUS LUPUS * BLACK MASALA * STAYCATION * SPIRIT PLOTS * LAUGHING MAN * KID CONGO AND THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS * BENCOOLEN * TOMATO DODGERS * TECHNICIANS * ALARMS & CONTROLS * TEETHING VEILS * CARTOON WEAPONS * GO-GO SYMPHONY * MITTENFIELDS * FUZZQUEEN * FOSTER CARROTS * STRANGE BOUTIQUE * FANKIE & BETTY * SKYLINE HOTEL * MORE THAN FM * LORELEI * KING DJANGO * ATTA GIRL * SPECTRUMS * GREENLAND * EAST GHOST * KID CLAWS * ALTER NATIVES * BRAVE NEW GIRL * NAGUAL * THE NRIS * DISSONANCE * DUBISTRY * SILO HALO * SANSYOU * THE CHANCE * CLASSICAL MUSIC ALMANAC * HALO VALLEY * TRIANGLE RHYSING * MOUNTAIN JEW * VIU * COBRA COLLECTIVE * CIGARBOX PLANETARIUM * DES DEMONAS * TRAJECTORIES * SPEEDWELL * THE FEED * ICE KITTENS * NICE BREEZE * PRAXISCAT * GUT HEAD * MOM^2 * MAGNETAR FLARES * THE BUZZ * DOMINGUES & KANE * THE MEAN IDEAS * THE WINSTON PSMITH PROJECT * SUN MACHINES * CLUB SCOUT * GHOST LIGHT * PRISON RODEO * OOO * ESCAPE POINT * LIGHT ARMS * LOW END STRING QUARTET * LEISURE BURN * NEW WEAPONS * DANGER PAINTERS * SHADOW FARM * THE MANTIS * CULT OF THE VOID * THE COURTESANS * STYLUS * THE ANTIQUES * JOHN PAUL DRAMA * CLOWN FOUNDATION * CHURT * AINE O’DOHERTY BAND * CSC FUNK BAND * IMAGINARY HOCKEY LEAGUE and more…
Doors open 8pm. Music starts 9pm. ALL AGES.
9:30 Club, 815 V St NW, Washington DC 20001
https://goo.gl/maps/8ykQqCZJJdz
“Enlisting the help of musicians from some of the city’s most high-profile bands, BOAT BURNING unfolds a stunning massed guitar event…” –DC MUSIC DOWNLOAD
“Immersive… Guitarists station themselves around the perimeter of the room and let it rip, producing harmonic overtones similar to those heard in Gregorian chant… Immense sound…” –WASHINGTON POST
“…Densely stacked harmonics… the hall rumbled with a powerful and special form of music, with elements of classical and punk guitar…” –K STREET MAGAZINE
“…the bleeding edge of DC music… Boat Burning: Music For Massed Guitars combines multiple groups of electric guitars with cellos, percussion and voices… bring earplugs for your earplugs…”
–THE PINK LINE PROJECT
“Boat Burning’s Andras Fekete is a mad man… Case in point: the band’s annual mass guitar orchestra, with nearly 70 guitarists… ”
–WASHINGTON CITYPAPER “The Year In Review”
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About BOAT BURNING
“Victory by overtone, glory by sound”
https://www.facebook.com/boatburning
http://www.boatburning.com
DC experimental music collective BOAT BURNING plays “maximal minmalism,”” an intricate hybrid of composition and improvisation for electric guitars where elemental passages performed on a profusion of instruments — sometimes 100 or more — produce shimmering towers of densely-stacked harmonics. The result is powerful, evocative music that combines the widescreen, panoramic sweep of classical with the sheer physical thrall of punk.
Led by founder / guitarist Andras Fekete, Boat Burning’s core ensemble includes guitarists Norm Veenstra (TONE) and Geordie Grindle (The Teen Idles); Jonathan Matis ( DC Improvisers Collective (DCIC)) and Robin Diamond on guitar and keys; and Mark Sherman on drums and percussion.
Boat Burning’s debut ep, produced by Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller and recorded at Inner Ear Studios by legendary Dischord Records engineer Don Zientara, will be released December 2017.
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About TRINARY SYSTEM
http://www.trinarysystem.com
https://trinarysystem.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.facebook.com/trinarysystem/
“Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller strikes again. Cool lurching art rocker… With Trinary System, Roger created a group where anything goes. A lot of the MOB earmarks are there but he’s opened the door to a much wider sound…” BOSTON GROUPIE NEWS
Miller’s primary motive for forming Trinary System was to free his guitar playing from a post-punk environment. The band started with songs he wrote that didn’t make sense for Mission of Burma. Delving deeper into the full history of rock viewed hazily through his surrealistic/psychedelic nature, with perhaps a bit of funk pelting the proceedings from the wings, Miller is opening things up.
The trio features drummer/percussionist Larry Dersch, from Miller’s keyboard/drums project The Binary System, and bassist Andrew Willis, the former guitarist for The Web.
Trinary System released its ep debut “Amplify The Amplifiers” in 2016. Their new album will be released in early 2018.
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About ROBIN BELL
http://bellvisuals.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/11/06/d-c-s-anti-trump-projection-artist-is-now-protesting-the-president-in-japan/
Award-winning editor, video journalist and multimedia artist Robin Bell has recently been in the news for his guerilla-style video projections, most notebly in 2017 on Trump International Hotel.
Founder of Bell Visuals and based in Washington DC, Robin works on a range of creative, political and public interest projects. His unique style of live video collage has been featured at well-known venues, including The Kennedy Center, 9:30 Club, The Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Central Park Summer Stage in NYC, and The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles California.
Robin’s commitment to social change through the dissemination of information via video, sound and image is present throughout his artistic career. In 2005, Robin co-produced Operation Ceasefire, a seminal anti-war concert on the national mall. His feature length documentary, Positive Force: More Than A Witness : 30 Years of Punk Politics In Action, premiered in 2014. His incisive 2017 projection, Emoluments Welcome, on the face of the Trump Hotel in Washington DC garnered media attention from the BBC, CNN, New York Times, L.A. Times, Huffington Post and Hyperallergic, among others.
Former lead video editor for PBS television show Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, Robin is currently the director and producer of the Directed Actions: Live Film Series, and creates permanent public art installations in addition to his ongoing work with ephemeral media forms.
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Musicians in MUSIC FOR 100 GUITARS (so far):
Alex Kozen (BRNDA, Sneaksbees, Big FIg Records) brendadc.bandcamp.com sneaksbees.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/bigfigrecords
Andras Simonyi (Coalition of the Willing) http://www.cc.com/video-clips/tjfkfk/the-colbert-report-the-apology
Andy Price (LEISURE BURN) https://leisureburn.bandcamp.com/releases
Ananth Batni (Dissonance, Mountain Jew) http://www.facebook.com/pg/theoccasionalnegligenceoftonalharmony/
Aram Sinnreich (Dubistry, Brave New Girl, Vivien Goldman, Ari Up, King Django) dubistry.com
Asher Meerovich (Tomato Dodgers, Skeleton Baby, Agnostic, JuJu Fingers And The Caravan Band, WMUC 88.1FM) tomatododgers.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/tomatododgers
Audrey White (The NRIs, The Feed) http://www.nrismusic.com http://www.facebook.com/thefeedc
Barrett Jones (Halo Valley) 267lattajjaa.bandcamp.com/track/not-judge-her-age
Bob Boilen (host/creator All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts) http://www.bobboilen.info/music
Boris Milic (TONE, Boris Milloc) borismilic.bandcamp.com
Brian Minter (Meredith Bragg & The Terminals, Speedwell) soundcloud.com/meredith-bragg-music
Brian Olexy (The Buzz) buzzmusic.bandcamp.com/
Brian Zellmer (Freaksho) soundcloud.com/freaksho
Charles Bills (Leisure Burn, Escape Point, CHuRT) leisureburn.bandcamp.com
Christine Paluch (PraxisCat, Tower Folly) praxiscat.bandcamp.com/
Christopher Douglas Hamley (Harbert/Hamley Guitar Duo, Alarms & Controls, Circus Lupus, The Nitrate Hymnal, Monorchid, Antimony, Cast Iron Lawn Dogs, The Babies of Invention) https://www.facebook.com/AlarmsandControls
Darrien Day (Atta Girl) http://thaddiusmccormic.bandcamp.com, attagirlva.bandcamp.com
Cyd Birch (Kid Claws) http://kidclawws.bandcamp.com
Dave Jones (The Caribbean) thecaribbean.tumblr.com/ sciotorecords.bandcamp.com/album/etudes-for-ring-modulator-and-delay
David Nicholas (Spectrums) http://www.spectrumsdc.com
David Barker (Spectrums, Cobra Collective,The Mantis) http://www.cobracollective.com
David Morrison () http://www.facebook.com/david.e.morrison
David Nicholas (Spectrums) http://www.spectrumsdc.com
Davis White (Lorelei, We Capillaries) http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/artists/show/12
Deanna Pineda (Cigarbox Planetarium, Celestial Pincushion) http://cigarboxplanetarium.com/, http://facebook.com/cigarboxplanetarium
Declan Enright (Dissonance) http://www.facebook.com/abandcalleddissonance
Dennis Kane (The Hunted Hare, Domingues & Kane) http://www.versesrecords.com/the-hunted-hare.html http://www.dominguesandkane.com/
Donald Seale (Prison Rodeo, Mittenfields) mittenfields.bandcamp.com
Erin Germ (Leisure Burn, Escape Point, Fires) facebook.com/LeisureBurn facebook.com/EscapePointMusic facebook.com/firesmusic
Erin Frisby (FuzzQueen ) http://www.fuzzqueen.com
Gabriel Fry (The Mean Ideas, The NRIs) themeanideas.bandcamp.com/ thenris.bandcamp.com/
Geordie Grindle (The Charm Offensive, Tone, Peg Simone, Teen Idles) http://www.charmrockdc.com/
Gordie Shaw (Halo Valley, Flor De Maracuja) soundcloud.com/boxwallastan
Greg Svitil (Teething Veils, Silo Halo, The Antiques) veilsofteeth.com/
Gregory Gendron (Light Arms, Sun Machines, Ragnapop!) soundcloud.com/sunmachines/fastestmanalive
Gustavo Vargas (TONE, Chaski, Raymi, Kantati Los Andes, Jarana and Leona, Son Cosita Seria, Sikuris Sur Andes)
Herman Abinette (John Paul Drama, ex-D Colony, ex-Distortion Kings, ex-(basement), ex-Little Blue Pill,, ex-Jonez and the ‘Cuz) https://www.facebook.com/JohnPaulDrama
Ian McColm (Heart of the Ghost, Nagual, I.G.M.) http://www.igmnoise.com
J Forté (The Buzz, Sun Machines, Light Arms) buzzmusic.bandcamp.com/
Jackson Sinnenberg (Capitalbop) http://www.capitalbop.com
James Green (Greenland) greenland.bandcamp.com/
James Reichard (Cult of the Void, ex-The Deads, ex-Bodycop) soundcloud.com/rhizomancer/
Jackson Sinnenberg (Capitalbop) http://www.capitalbop.com
Janine McCargo (Noproblemo) http://lastbutnotleast.tumblr.com/
Javier Diaz (Trajectories, Spirit Plots, Club Scout) http://www.facebook.com/spiritplots
Jeff Lee (Skyline Hotel) http://www.skylinehotelmusic.com/
Jenny Thomas (Ménage À Garage) http://www.magrocksdc.com
Jimena Rojas (Frankie & Betty, Badassassins, Ice Kittens) https://www.facebook.com/FrankieBetty/
Jim Thomson (Time Is Fire, CSC Funk Band, GWAR, Alter Natives, Electric Cowbell Records, Multiflora Productions) http://www.facebook.com/TimeIsTheFire
Jimena Rojas (Frankie & Betty, Badassassins, Ice Kittens) https://www.facebook.com/FrankieBetty/ https://www.facebook.com/BadassassinsBand/ . https://www.facebook.com/IceKittens/
John Kamman (Afro Jazz Explosion, Grace Chung/john Kamman Duo, Lewine/kamman Xtet) improvarts.bandcamp.com/
Johnny Walker, Jr (Go-Go Symphony) https://youtu.be/FmH0VlkdIEQ
Jon Camp (Jon Camp) joncamp.bandcamp.com
Jonathan Matis (DC Improvisers Collective, Low End String Quartet) improvarts.bandcamp.com/
Joshua Padgett (Joshua Palace, Ghost Light, The Chance) soundcloud.com/joshuapalace
Keith Sinzinger (Fast Forty, Fast Against the Wall, Safe Fast & Effective, STYLUS) http://www.youtube.com/user/FortyFast/videos
Kieran Dollemore (Imaginary Hockey League) imaginaryhockeyleague.bandcamp.com
Kurt Nemes (Classical Music Almanac) http://www.facebook.com/musicalkurt
Lisa Said (Autoparts, Touchless Automatic, Telepromptors) http://www.lisasaid.com
Luke Leyh (Magnetar Flares) https://www.facebook.com/MagnetarFlares/
Luke Stewart (OOO, Laughing Man, Mom^2)
Mark Cisneros (Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, Des Demonas, The Make-Up) https://www.facebook.com/Kid-Congo-and-The-Pink-Monkey-Birds-115221445167439/
Mark Cooley (Gut Head) flawdio.bandcamp.com/album/in-ter-puh-ley-shuh-n
Mark Sherman (Boat Burning) http://www.boatburning.com
Matthew McGarraghy (Sansyou, Shadow Farm) sansyoumusic.com/
Matthew Perrone (Time Is Fire) https://soundcloud.com/dimsum66/sets/angels-ep
Mike Ball (Mittenfields) mittenfields.bandcamp.com
Neel Singh (Drop Electric, Staycation, “Let’s Fight”) http://www.dropelectric.com
Nicholas Arrivo (Jon Camp)
Nikhel Sus (Staycation, Eat Yer Meat) http://www.staycationband.com
Norm Veenstra (Tone) Tone-DC.com
Pat Rice (Clown Foundation) clownfoundation.com
Paul Aquilino (Magnetar Flares, New Weapons) https://www.facebook.com/MagnetarFlares/
Rachel Bauchman (Frankie & Betty, Tomboy, The Bad Ones) https://www.facebook.com/FrankieBetty/
Robin Diamond (Boat Burning, Triangle Rhysing, The Probes) http://www.boatburning.com
Ryan Brogan (East Ghost) http://eastghost.bandcamp.com
Ryan Fitzgerald (Ryan Fitzgerald)
Ryan Hobbs (Technicians) http://www.techniciansdc.com/
Ryan Stubbs (Miter, Light Arms) miter.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/lightarms.dc
Sam Sherwood (Mittenfields) mittenfields.bandcamp.com
Scott Laurence (VIU, HIGH NORTH) https://soundcloud.com/viusounds, https://www.facebook.com/VIUsounds/
Scott White () http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS8ssTIhxVcv1zR0zya5qlA
Simone Shuffett (The Aine O’Doherty Band, Laughing Man, Black Masala) aineodohertymusic.bandcamp.com/releases http://www.facebook.com/simone.meow
Steve Bennett (Steve Bennett)
Steven Willett (ex Strange Boutique, TONE) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXdY5Not3ik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHAIdsnrZ10
Teddy Scott (Bencoolen) http://www.bencoolenmusic.com
Tony Blankenship (The Courtesans) https://m.soundcloud.com/courtesans
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